Quotes from John C. Maxwell

It's easier to move from failure to success than from excuses to success.

Mucha gente pierde de vista la importancia del crecimiento personal una vez que terminan su educación formal. No permita que eso le suceda a usted. Convierta su crecimiento personal en una de sus principales prioridades comenzando hoy mismo.

Charlie Brower said, "A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man's brow." Negative environments kill thousands of great ideas every minute.

It will add to your effectiveness, subtract from your weaknesses, divide your workload, and multiply your impact.

Somos los amos o las víctimas de nuestras actitudes. Es un asunto de decisión personal. Lo que ahora somos es el resultado de las decisiones tomadas ayer. Mañana seremos lo que decidamos ahora.

Decide whether or not the goal is worth the risks involved. If it is, stop worrying.

An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an invasion of ideas." —Victor Hugo

The happiest day of your life will be the day when you realize "we" really is the most important word in the English language.

Rule #1: You will learn lessons. Rule #2: There are no mistakes—only lessons. Rule #3: A lesson is repeated until it is learned.

Humorist Will Rogers said, "There are three kinds of men. Ones that learn by reading, a few who learn by observation, and the rest of us have to pee on an electric fence and find out for ourselves." Ouch. That's got to hurt. But let's face it: some people only learn things the hard way.

Rule #4: If you don't learn the easy lessons, they get harder. (Pain is one way the universe gets your attention.) Rule #5: You'll know you've learned a lesson when your actions change.

Discernment can be described as the ability to find the root of the matter, and it relies on intuition as well as rational thought.

Charlie Brower said, A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man's brow. Negative environments kill thousands of great ideas every minute.

the entire population of the world—with one minor exception—is composed of others.

Trying to get the right person in the right job can take a lot of time and energy. Let's face it. Isn't it easier for a leader to just put people where it is most convenient and get on with the work? Once again, this is an area where leaders' desire for action works against them.

May thinking become your greatest tool for creating the world you desire.

Above all, don't dwell on yesterday's victory. If your focus is on what's behind you rather than what's ahead, you will crash.

If you want to improve your world, then focus your attention on helping others.

Integrity: The leader's life and words match. Justice: The leader rejects dishonest gain. Convictions: The leader's values won't allow him or her to accept bribes. Positive focus: The leader refuses to dwell on destructive issues. Pure: The leader disciplines his or her mind to remain clean and pure. Secure: The leader is firm, stable in his identity and source of strength. The Maxwell Leadership Bible

When an archer misses the mark he turns and looks for the fault within himself. Failure to hit the bull's-eye is never the fault of the target. To improve your aim, improve yourself.

if you don't have peace, it isn't because someone took it from you; you gave it away. You cannot always control what happens to you, but you can control what happens in you.

a smart person believes only half of what he hears, but a really smart person knows which half to believe.

wisdom is knowing the right path to take. Integrity is taking it.

Inspirar a otros para hacer un mejor trabajo es el logro de un líder.